Bearing News

Coming out for clout disrespects LGBTQ community

Sarah Mosteller • January 22, 2020

Junior Sarah Mosteller discusses the conflict of people coming out for clout, and how it impacts the LGBTQ community.

Panic at the VSCO: yet another way to put down girls

Sarah Ding • October 11, 2019

If you listen closely in the jungle that is high school, you might hear the howls of screeching chairs pulled out from under desks, the teachers sighing as they grade their 50th assignment of the day or...

The good, the bad and the ugly

Bailey Stover • March 26, 2019

Although today’s adolescents grew up in the age of the internet, the era of social media is more recent than teenagers may realize. Social media cannot exist without widespread online communication, making the platform a late-20th and early-21st century phenomenon.

Student reflects on social media use, impact on adolescents

Ann Fitzmaurice • March 26, 2019

Social media impacts virtually every aspect of an adolescent's life, from disrupting sleep patterns to interfering with family time.

Social media strengthens relationships

Emily Oba • February 24, 2017

Technology connects people instantly. While social media is fun for teenagers, it can also help strengthen relationships.

RBHS students, teachers work around Internet blocks

Ji-Ho Lee • May 3, 2016

In today's age of technology, students struggle to stay off of their phones. Columbia Public Schools has made in-school cell phone use even more difficult.

Administrators discuss student-teacher communication

Jenna Liu • January 28, 2016

In an age of communication, some feel that conversation between student and teacher has become too accessible. The school looks to articulate a policy, hindering some connection between professor and pupil.

Rules don’t end when chatting on the web

Renata Poet Williams • April 30, 2015

In government, no one questions the reason for separation of church and state. This separation should also exist between educators and students in Columbia Public Schools. Too often teachers give out their...